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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.004923
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 147.7305° · Dec 28.5512°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo
Right ascension
09 52 24
Declination
+28 ° 25 ′ 45 ″
Distance
25,940,000 LY
Apparent size v
2.22' x 0.6'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
24.47
Image
NGC 3026 SDSS.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
Sd
catalog code
LEDA 28351
discoverer or inventor
Lewis A. Swift
time of discovery or invention
1886-05-22
apparent magnitude
10.707
Commons category
NGC 3026
right ascension
147.7304542
declination
28.5511806
radial velocity
1472
redshift
0.004923
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3026 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo. It is classified as a type SBm galaxy. It was discovered by Lewis Swift on the 22nd of May, 1886. It was discovered while attempting to locate Winnecke's Comet.

It is thought to be in a pair with NGC 3032.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3026” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.